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Avin Zarlez

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Mother, Advocate, Staff Technical Marketing Engineer at Arm Pronouns: She/They www.avinzarlez.com

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Arm Software Developers @developer.arm.com · 30/09/2026
Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses are up for grabs. 🕶️ What will your team build? Join Arm and Meta engineers in San Francisco, October 17–18, to bring an on-device AI idea to life with ExecuTorch and Arm-powered hardware. okt.to/eCZa8Y
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 30/09/2026
I haven't even finished the last part of @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social 's fantastic new book "Hollywood, Ending" yet, and it has already made me cry twice. Would recommend. #NoSpoilers
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Jamshed Damkewala @jamshed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Stoked to join Michael Gamble + @zarlez.com from Arm, and Paul Gaboury (Maxon) for a live webinar where we chat about the Windows on Arm ecosystem and porting apps to run natively on WoA. Drop by to watch and have your questions answered. developer.arm.com/laptops-and-... @armdeveloper.bsky.social
developer.arm.com
Build Native Apps for Windows on Arm Webinar | Arm Developer
Join Arm, Microsoft, and Maxon to learn how to build and port native Windows on Arm apps using developer tools, practical guidance, and insights from ZBrush.
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 17/09/2026
If you haven’t listened to the whole album in a long time, I’d recommend. “Invisible kid, got a place of his own, where he’ll never be known, inward he’s grown. Invisible kid, never see what he did, got stuck where he hid, fallen through the grid”
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 17/09/2026
Hot take I stand behind: Metallica's St. Anger slaps and I unironically love it and still listen to it today.
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 15/09/2026
Huge congratulations to the winners of the Arm Create AI Optimization Challenge! So many submissions pushed AI performance forward with creativity and technical skill. Check out the winners and their projects here: developer.arm.com/community/ar... #arm #AI #Optimization
developer.arm.com
Arm Community
ARM Community Site
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fox noises (spooky) @jjbbllkk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The M8, a hardware tracker I've made 3 albums with and that kicks major ass, has always been available headless. You can run the firmware on a microcomputer for "free" anytime you want. Now it's available for iOS devices: apps.apple.com/app/id680672... Pretty neato burrito
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 26/08/2026
"Don't dream it, be it" -Dr. Frank-N-Furter
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 26/08/2026
The quote I'll pick: "If I hadn't been born a woman, I would have been a drag queen." -Dolly Parton I'd highly recommend @lindsayellis.bsky.social's excellent video on Dolly Parton, which was posted on YouTube today: youtu.be/uJuKN0chAZk?...
youtu.be
Yes, Dolly was Actually That Great
YouTube video by Lindsay Ellis
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Game Maker's Toolkit @gamemakerstoolkit.com · 27/07/2026
Well, it finally happened! After 9 years of Unity dominance, Godot was the most used game engine for GMTK Game Jam 2026 submissions. 🤖 Godot - 47% 🎮 Unity - 34% 🛠️GameMaker - 5% 🚀 Unreal Engine - 3% ✨ Other - 11%
Pie chart showing game engines used to create 10,511 GMTK Game Jam games in 2026. Godot has the largest slice with 47%. Then Unity with 34%. Other with 11%. Game Maker with 5%. And Unreal Engine with 3%.
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 26/07/2026
Code take home interview as malware! This is a great reminder to be vigilant. I Inspected My Take-Home Interview Project. It Was a Whole Operation citizendot.github.io/articles/fak...
citizendot.github.io
Appaji - Software Engineer
Appaji, a Computer Science graduate from IIT Patna and former intern at Arista Networks, is a Software Engineer at Infinite Reality. Passionate about building innovative web experiences, with a…
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 23/07/2026
Some good guidance when writing tests: Ten ways a check passes while the thing it checks is broken phronesis.world/papers/ways-...
phronesis.world
Ways of Checking · Phronesis
Ten ways a check stays green while wrong, and the moves that actually found things.
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 22/07/2026
I’m at #DevRelCon today and tomorrow in New York City! If you are around ping me, I’d like to meet up and talk.
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 19/07/2026
Dependabot updates now wait three days before making pull requests. This is a good fix that balances quickly getting patches out there, but also making sure if an update breaks something or was compromised has some time to pull it back before wide adoption. github.blog/changelog/20...
github.blog
Dependabot version updates introduce default package cooldown - GitHub Changelog
Dependabot now waits until a new release has been available on its registry for at least three days before opening a version update pull request. This cooldown is now the…
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 16/07/2026
This is great news, makes me consider switching back to Android honestly: Google will allow third-party app stores on Android next week www.engadget.com/2215452/goog...
engadget.com
Google will allow third-party app stores on Android next week - Engadget
Third-party app stores are coming to Android on July 22.
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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
everything is gender
x.com
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) on X
The High-T Department of War.
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diana @dianasroom.org · 08/07/2026
finally finished this and i can easily say i was on the edge of my seat for the entire 5 hours. noone is better than baume at imbuing his meticulously researched nonfiction with narrative and emotional pathos and this is far and away his magnum opus
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 30/06/2026
I feel like this policy is a really good balance. Stop no human involved agents making PRs and forcing maintainers to act as promoters in reviews. Force a human to take accountability for every PR, and nourish that relationship. But also allow agentic code when it is tailored, useful, & disclosed.
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 23/06/2026
I appreciate this math! "Seven Perfect Shuffles Randomize a Deck of Cards. But How Many Sloppy Ones?" www.quantamagazine.org/seven-perfec...
quantamagazine.org
Seven Perfect Shuffles Randomize a Deck of Cards. But How Many Sloppy Ones? | Quanta Magazine
A decades-old proof showed that seven shuffles are enough to mix up a deck of cards. But it requires you to cut the deck with the precision of a professional magician. A new proof gets around that…
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 22/06/2026
I am "only" 2 hours into this masterpiece of a YouTube essay, and I already can highly recommend it. Think of this as a documentary mini series, learn some queer history. It's worth your time youtu.be/m4F2ozwvybw?...
youtu.be
Inside the Marriage Wars
YouTube video by Matt Baume
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Robin-Yann Storm @rystorm.com · 22/06/2026
An interactive introduction to the terrific experience of rendering Arabic typography and its technical debt: lr0.org/blog/p/arabi... This was just linked on @tomscott.com's newsletter, and it's a really neat, though frustrating, experience
lr0.org
An interactive introduction to the terrific experience of rendering Arabic typography and its technical debt
This post was discussed in Lobsters and HackerNews
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 21/06/2026
This documentary from People Make Games is so inspiring. What a beautiful hobby and process turned into an incredibly unique piece of art. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is8N...
youtube.com
He Won’t Stop Building a Map to an Imaginary Place
The remarkable story of Jerry Gretzinger and the map he's dedicated his life to making. | Watch our exclusive companion video by joining Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/peoplemakegames Patreon:…
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 21/06/2026
Ran across this nice explainer on the different ways you can ignore files in git: nelson.cloud/.gitignore-i...
nelson.cloud
.gitignore Isn’t the Only Way To Ignore Files in Git
You can ignore files in .gitignore, .git/info/exclude, and ~/.config/git/ignore
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 18/06/2026
I am really interested in learning more about the new Lore version control system made by Epic Games. I like a lot that it is fully open sourced and backed by a major player. Anyone I know have a chance to play around with it? lore.org
lore.org
Learn about Lore: next-generation open source version control
Maintained by Epic Games, Lore is designed for unprecedented scalability of both data and teams. It’s optimized for projects that combine code with large binary assets.
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 17/06/2026
“Humans are awesome! Get yourself a proper fixation, it’s fun.” - @techconnectify.bsky.social youtu.be/_KWdCqpXB7A?...
youtu.be
Ceiling fans: the simple idea we keep screwing up
YouTube video by Technology Connections
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 17/06/2026
I actually want one of these: The Philips Skylight lets you recreate natural daylight anywhere in your home www.engadget.com/2192393/the-...
engadget.com
The Philips Skylight lets you recreate natural daylight anywhere in your home - Engadget
The Philips Skylight recreates natural daylight indoors, but we may not be able to buy it in the US.
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 16/06/2026
This seems like a fun project: Running DOS on Behringers DDX3216 with a DIY x86-Bios from Scratch
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Running DOS on Behringers DDX3216 with a DIY x86-BIOS from scratch – Chris.Dev.Blog
In 1994 I got my first computer: an Intel i486 DX2-66 with 4 MB RAM and a 512MB harddisk. The software was IBMs OS/2 and Microsofts Windows 3.11. In the next four years I was upgrading this machine…
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 14/06/2026
The first Graviton5-powered EC2 M9g and M9gd instances are available now www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws...
aboutamazon.com
AWS Graviton5 is now generally available, delivering purpose-built performance for the agentic AI era
The most powerful and efficient CPU Amazon has ever built is now available to all customers, with up to 25% better performance.
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 14/06/2026
OneDrive data now has an expiry date
ms365news.com
Your OneDrive data now has an expiry date
Starting this July, Microsoft will begin enforcing a structured lifecycle for unlicensed OneDrive accounts. If your organisation has any loose ends around licensing, now is the time to sort them out…
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 11/06/2026
Reminder: macOS 27 won't work on Intel Macs
engadget.com
Reminder: macOS 27 won't work on Intel Macs - Engadget
You’ll need to be running Apple silicon to use the latest operating system.
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 10/06/2026
Arm's new developer challenge is live! arm-ai-optimization-challenge.devpost.com I’m judging and can’t wait to see what you build. This round is all about AI optimization. Show us how you can get more performance, we won't be judging just by a single metric. Get nerdy in the details!
arm-ai-optimization-challenge.devpost.com
Arm Create: AI Optimization Challenge
One challenge. Three frontiers of AI. All powered by Arm.
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 09/06/2026
32GB of DDR5 now costs $375. I had hoped to build a new PC this year, I’m hoping the parts will be available by Black Friday 😬
tomshardware.com
32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 minimum — AI shortage continues to squeeze PC building
Lower-priced kits are disappearing by the day
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 07/06/2026
A third of the entire video game industry was laid off in the last two years. Based on my the experiences I have seen this matches completely. This isn’t exaggerating. That is A LOT of people.
variety.com
One-Third of U.S. Video Game Industry Workers Were Laid Off Over the Last Two Years, GDC Study Reveals
One-third of U.S. video game industry workers say they were laid off over the past two years, according to GDC.
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 07/06/2026
I like these kinds of questions, which often come down to how different people implement different standards: Should you normalize RGB values by 255 or 256? 30fps.net/pages/255-vs...
30fps.net
Should you normalize RGB values by 255 or 256?
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Arm Software Developers @developer.arm.com · 04/06/2026
Don’t miss this hands-on workshop for practical guidance on automating Arm-based applications running on Amazon EKS. Learn how to provision Kubernetes environments with Infrastructure as Code, configure Octopus Deploy, and automate CI/CD workflows. 👀➡️ www.youtube.com/live/3YJLV_2...
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 04/06/2026
Node.js 26.0.0 is now live nodejs.org/en/blog/rele...
nodejs.org
Node.js — Node.js 26.0.0 (Current)
Node.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 03/06/2026
Python 3.15: features that didn't make the headlines
blog.changs.co.uk
Python 3.15: features that didn't make the headlines
It's that time of the year again, a new version of Python is just around the corner. With the Python 3.15.0b1 feature freeze, we know what's...
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 02/06/2026
US bill proposes new national EV tax, while some push to slash gas tax to zero
electrek.co
US bill proposes new national EV tax, while some push to slash gas tax to zero
As it becomes more clear how bad an idea it is to burn gas, some want to level the field by... eliminating gas taxes and overcharging EVs.
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 31/05/2026
Listen I don't want to see NSFW content on my feed and also I want people to be able to post, discuss, celebrate, and support NSFW content without their whole account being shadowbanned by puritanical tech bros trying to kick us back a century or two. These two positions are entirely compatible.
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 31/05/2026
U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Leaves Its Digital Keys Out in Public on GitHub gizmodo.com/the-worst-le...
gizmodo.com
‘The Worst Leak That I’ve Witnessed’: U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Leaves Its Digital Keys Out in Public on GitHub
Passwords were stored as plain text in a public GitHub repository.
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 31/05/2026
A good read about HEVC licensing, and why video playback is not as universal as one would hope: arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...
arstechnica.com
Clarifying HEVC licensing fees, royalties, and why vendors kill HEVC support
How does HEVC implementation really work these days?
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 28/05/2026
This is kind of neat, apparently you can get a free domain based on your city and state? As someone who owns multiple domain names I am not sure I'd want to go through the trouble though. fredchan.org/blog/localit...
fredchan.org
Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain
In the US, you can get a domain name like `somename.city.state.us` for free. If your town has its own domain, you can get nameservers from Amazon Lightsail, send the *Interim .US Domain Template* to…
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Voxy @voxy.space · 26/05/2026
v1.0.0 of @icons, my icon library for #Godot developers, is now OUT! 🎉 🔣 400 icons designed to fit with the default editor icons ; 🎨 available in all 4 node colors (default, 2D, 3D, and control) ; ⚖️ free & open source! (MIT license) i hope they'll be useful to you! :) github.com/Voxybuns/at-...
github.com
GitHub - Voxybuns/at-icons: Open source icons for custom Godot nodes
Open source icons for custom Godot nodes. Contribute to Voxybuns/at-icons development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 27/05/2026
Waymo recalls nearly 4,000 robotaxis after a car drove directly into a flooded road
engadget.com
Waymo recalls nearly 4,000 robotaxis after a car drove directly into a flooded road - Engadget
The company has deployed an OTA software fix.
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 26/05/2026
Mike's series of essays on game theory and politics are all incredible, but the latest installment I think is particularly important for this moment: "Gerrymandering is the red button–blue button test. " mikeselinker.medium.com/gerrymanderi...
mikeselinker.medium.com
Gerrymandering is the red button-blue button test.
A game theorist explains why every take on this problem is wrong.
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fox noises (spooky) @jjbbllkk.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
In 2022 when Christian Henson of Spitfire Audio came out in support of JK Rowling and Glinner, I did a video on how that hurt the trans community and beyond. Now it's 2026 and I felt the need to revisit it, because apathy keeps winning, and it sucks www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrlS...
youtube.com
The Price of Not Caring: Apathy and Consent in the Music Industry
YouTube video by Red Means Recording
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 24/05/2026
End of an era, the Wikimedia Foundation has decided to close Wikinews en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikimed...
en.wikinews.org
Wikimedia Foundation closes Wikinews after 21 years - Wikinews, the free news source
Sunday, May 3, 2026
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 24/05/2026
This is so incredibly cool, as someone who played Zork as a kid it is so neat to be able to peer into the code as you explore the game. eblong.com/infocom/visi/
eblong.com
The Visible Zorker Project
A software exhibit that allows you to explore the source code of Infocom's text adventures.
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 21/05/2026
This looks neat: Browser-based Gaussian splat generator built on top of Apple SHARP github.com/bring-shrubb...
github.com
GitHub - bring-shrubbery/ml-sharp-web: Web playground to create Gaussian Splats using Apple's ml-sharp model.
Web playground to create Gaussian Splats using Apple's ml-sharp model. - bring-shrubbery/ml-sharp-web
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Avin Zarlez @zarlez.com · 20/05/2026
I think this is a good idea. I am all for more consumer productions. Maryland Is First to Ban A.I.-Driven Price Increases in Grocery Stores
nytimes.com
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